Sub-Saharan Africa

The province of KwaZulu-Natal has called for “urgent national intervention” from the South African government in order to deliver funding for Durban’s staging of the 2022 Commonwealth Games multi-sport event.

Sanzea, a new partnership formed by the domestic governing bodies for netball in Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa, has confirmed the dates and venues for the inaugural edition of its International Super Series national team tournament.

The Ethiopian Anti-Doping Agency has said nine of the country’s runners, five of them “top athletes,” are under investigation for doping, while Ethiopian-born 1500 metres champion Abeba Aregawi has been suspended after testing positive for a banned substance.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has handed Kenya a deadline of April 5 to comply with global anti-doping rules, while the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) Ethics Board has suspended Athletics Kenya (AK) chief executive Isaac Mwangi amid allegations he asked athletes for bribes to reduce their doping bans.

Athletics Kenya (AK) chief executive Isaac Mwangi has asked to step aside for 21 days pending an investigation into allegations that he sought bribes to reduce the doping bans of two Kenyan athletes who failed drugs tests at the 2015 World Athletics Championships in Beijing.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has said Kenya is being investigated for breaching the World Anti-Doping Code and could be declared non-compliant in a matter of weeks.

The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has signed a lucrative eight-year partnership with the Total Sports Marketing (TSM) agency which will result in the establishment of a new tournament named after President Robert Mugabe featuring African and Asian national teams.

Athletics Kenya (AK) has today (Thursday) dismissed the latest corruption allegations levelled against it as “malicious”, as the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) called the reports “extremely troubling” and indicative of the need to establish an independent anti-doping body in the African country.

Two Kenyan athletes serving four-year bans for doping at the 2015 World Championships have alleged that Athletics Kenya (AK) chief executive Isaac Mwangi asked them each for a $24,000 (€21,486) bribe to reduce their suspensions.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has today (Monday) imposed a 20-year ban on former national team player Gulam Bodi after he admitted to contriving or attempting to fix matches during last year’s edition of domestic Twenty20 tournament the T20 Challenge Series.

Musa Bility's appeal to overturn his exclusion from the election process to become the next president of Fifa, football’s global governing body, has been dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Former International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Lamine Diack has denied giving money to finance Macky Sall’s successful bid to become the President of Senegal, in the latest twist to the Russian doping scandal in athletics.

The domestic governing bodies for netball in Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa have entered into a new partnership with the aim of developing a new national team competition.

The South African Rugby Union (SARU) has confirmed that the 2016 edition of its Currie Cup domestic competition will be expanded to include the Namibian national team.

The Ethics Commission of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has today (Monday) issued provisional suspensions to three senior officials from Athletics Kenya (AK) amid allegations concerning anti-doping practices and corruption at the national governing body.

The success story of Dimension Data, Africa’s sole Professional Continental cycling team, has continued with the announcement of its elevation to the elite WorldTour road racing calendar for 2016.